Improvement in lap-links



A. PERRY. Lap-Links.

No. 204,367. Patented May 28,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

ALGIE PERRY, OF OOVINGTON, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAP-LINKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,367, dated May 28,1878 application filed April 17, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALGIE PERRY, of Govington, in the county of Tiptonand State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Lap-Links; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,referenee being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifiea' tion, andin which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved lap-link. Fig. 2is a similar view, showing the link partially open. Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical section on line as w of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal vertical section on line 9 y of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is atransverse vertical section, similar to Fig. 3, with the rivet separate.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by similarletters of reference.

My invention has for its object to provide a cheap and convenient meanswhereby a broken chain may be easily and readily joined together, awhiffletree connected to a clevis of a plow, a tug-chain lengthened orshortened, &e.; and it consists of a two-part link having openings onthe same side and joined together, and freely turning on a pivotinserted in the sides opposite to the openings, substantially ashereinafter more particularly set forth.

In the annexed drawing, A represents the link proper, made of iron orother suitable material, and consisting of two parts, B B. These partsare of equal size, and have their inner faces made flat and smooth andtheir outer faces oval or half-round. These parts fit closely together,and are each provided with an opening, I) b, in the same or contiguoussides oi the said links, and nearly joining each other, of sufficientsize to admit of the insertion of an additional link.

The parts B B are joined together by a rivet, G, inserted in openings 0in the sides of the parts opposite to those having the openin gs b b.The parts B B are each made larger at or near the openings through whichthe pivot passes, to insure a uniform degree of strength.

It will be seen that, as the link B is turned to the right on the pivotO, the opening hwill become directly above the opening I), when theadditional link or elevis can be inserted, and by returning the link Bto its place the additional link will be securely caught in the link A.

Heretofore links have been made with their openings on opposite sides,requiring the turning of the parts about half around their pivot or axisin order to insert an additional link.

It will be seen that, owing to its simplicity, my link is better adaptedto the trade than those now in use.

The parts of the link may be secured together either by a rivet, asshown in Fig. 5, or by a leg upon one of the parts, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

A link, A, composed of two parts, B B, pivoted together at the sideopposite to the openings in the links, the leg 11 of the part B beinglonger than the leg 12 of the part B, and the leg 11 of the part B beinglonger than the leg b of the part B, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereunto affix mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALGIE PERRY.

Witnesses:

L. L. WARE, W. B. SMITH.

